2014-10-12

NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 7

We have our 7th consecutive #1 team in 7 weeks, Mississippi. That's the reason the BCS never released rankings until week 6; the computers just didn't have enough info to give somewhat stable results from week to week. To help me keep track of the #1s, I have added that to the yearlong summary at the bottom. Of all 127 teams, only one stayed in place this week, #3 Florida State

My current #1 and #2, Mississippi State and Ole Miss, are scheduled to play each other in their last regular season game. That could be for the SEC West title, and could even become a rematch in the college football playoff, though we're a lot of games from that point.

Missouri dropped 13 slots to #30 on a terrible 34-0 shutout, although no scoring goes into these rankings, per the old BCS rules. So, they'd have dropped just as far on a 34-33 loss, or a 2-0 loss.

#127 Massachusetts pulled out a victory, even if it was over #124 Kent State. That still pulled them out of the cellar up to #125, above Idaho and, of course, new #126 Kent State.